Graveyard in Grenagh North, County Cork

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What is recorded here

On W side of road; rectangular graveyard (c. 60m E-W; c. 50m N-S) enclosed by stone wall. Still in occasional use; contains many 18th- and 19th-century headstones, and some chest tombs; also rows of low uninscribed gravemarkers. N of centre is ruin of ancient parish church of Grenagh (CO051-106002-).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO051-106001

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